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Sargasso Construction & Development Corporation vs. Philippine Ports Authority

SARGASSO CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION/PICK & SHOVEL, INC.,/ATLANTIC ERECTORS, INC. (JOINT VENTURE), Petitioner, versus pHILIPEOPLEINE PORTS AUTHORITY, Respondent.

G.R. No. 170530 | 2010-07-05

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 which seeks to annul and set aside the August 22, 2005 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 63180 and its November 14, 2005 Resolution[2] denying petitioner's motion for the reconsideration thereof. The questioned CA decision reversed the June 8, 1998 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 14, in Civil Case No. 97-83916, which granted petitioner's action for specific performance.

The factual and procedural antecedents have been succinctly recited in the subject Court of Appeals decision in this wise:[4]

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